This crossword No. 27874 clues and answers were published on Tue 16 Jul 2019 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 27874 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
7-across – Idle miners come first regarding 1984? : NUMERIC
8-across – ‘Bird training’s no good!’, you shout at home : PENGUIN
9-across – Children go back to front on slide : SKID
10-across – A loud bird gets egg on time : AFTERNOON
12-across – Building hospital by a river : HOUSE
13-across – Small boys go crazy over shelled peas and vegetables : SOYBEANS
15-across – Coat’s a hit with detached hood : MACK
16-across – Pretentious person dupes drunk : PSEUD
17-across – Club wants women to gain advantage : EDGE
18-across – Externally, bishop wearing stole produces a bible : TEXTBOOK
20-across – Speedy ships : FLEET
21-across – Great flow under construction : WONDERFUL
22-across – Cultivated part of flower, trimming both sides : TAME
24-across – Oblong — a shape for a sausage? : BOLOGNA
25-across – Drink bitter from start to finish? Just stories : RUMOURS
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Tooth job, one out for you, say : TUSK
2-down – Deal endlessly with Germany over zilch? It’s doomed to failure : DEADDUCK
3-down – I’m taken aback by fashion — it’s an illusion : MIRAGE
4-down – Was unfaithful to Elizabeth to begin with at Derby race : BETRAYED
5-down – Fellow left foreign exchange discount : IGNORE
6-down – 750 grammes resting on new oven? : KILN
11-down – Worth mentioning old Labour leader’s upset over special summit : TOSPEAKOF
12-down – Cat steals last of Stilton from paradise : HEAVE
14-down – Perhaps Lancelot ousts king in the dark : NIGHT
16-down – Soundly in favour of young people as they build muscle : PROTEINS
17-down – Reagan’s campaign slogan’s a little bit negative! : ELECTRON
19-down – Dances with Nato abstainers? : TANGOS
20-down – Halt! After small change to starter, I’m stuffed : FULLUP
21-down – Comedian to court daughter : WOOD
23-down – Extra serious weather problem ends terribly for planet : MARS
This crossword has in total 30 where 15 are across and 15 are down.